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MN Tunes

3 great MN tunes:

Under the Tree

Ol' Yeller

Bonneville

Trip Shakespeare

Sioux City

The Jayhawks

Zulu rockin it

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New Hold Steady songs

I picked up the new DVD/live CD combo A Positive Rage at the show last night. Haven't listened to it yet, but here are a couple of brand new "bonus tracks," presumably from the Stay Positive sessions. Both feature Franz nice and loud in the mix. Finn and Kubler are churning out songs at a pretty amazing rate- in 5+ years, they've released 43 album tracks, another 11 or so b sides, and at least 5 unreleased songs.

40 Bucks

The Hold Steady

Spectres

The Hold Steady

The Hold Steady 4/11/09 - Fox Theater

Gotta work early in the AM Saturday, so this will be brief. The fahkers teased me by opening with "Hornets! Hornets!," leaving open the possibility of a Good Friday run through Separation Sunday. But then they went with "Constructive Summer" next. They did end up playing 7 songs from my favorite album. But only 1 song from my 2nd favorite (Almost Killed Me). Great show, great crowd.

Hornets! Hornets!
Constructive Summer
Chips Ahoy
Navy Sheets
Sequestered in Memphis
Magazines
Hey Sapphire
Milkcrate Mosh
Same Kooks
Cattle & the Creeping Things
Charlemagne in Sweatpants
Banging Camp
Joke About Jamaica
Don't Let Me Explode
Lord, I'm Discouraged
Your Little Hoodrat Friend
Stay Positive
Slapped Actress
E: Certain Songs
Massive Nights
Stuck Between Stations
How a Resurrection Really Feels

Holdin' it steady tonight

Jen, Dom, and I are headed up to the Fox Theater in Boulder to see The Hold Steady tonight. Whoo-hoo! They're my favorite band on the planet, and I haven't seen since September of '07.

Seeing them on Good Friday make perfect sense, since Catholicism is a constant theme in Craig Finn's songs. I would love to hear the album Separation Sunday played straight through, but won't be holding my breath. I like every THS song, except "Navy Sheets," so I'm sure I'll have a blast!

Mmmmmmmmm...Belgian beer

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Breck

Breck with some homeys

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Moore brothers reunion

Rocky Mountain National Park

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My worst skiing wipeout ever

Fantastic weekend in Tahoe, celebrating Joy's birthday & getting in some turns in the Sierra. I plan on writing a lengthier post about the trip, but, for now, here's a video of me going head-over-heels (shouldn't it be heels-over-head?) in a few feet of powder, at Squaw Valley. It's the most violent spill I've ever had on skis- I did at least 3 somersaults, and my skis never came off! (Probably a good thing, since I likely would have lost them.) My goggles and hat even came off, but I did find them, buried beneath 2 1/2 feet of snow. Perhaps my favorite part of this video is the sound- I give a little "whooaap" right when my tips catch, and then a pained groan after I finally stop rolling, followed by Matt laughing. He did ask if I was ok, after he stopped filming. After this video is a clip of Matt, showing how it's supposed to be done.

Mooper Wipeout

Matt in Squaw powder

Matt also put together a video montage from our backcountry trip with Jen, over at Sierra Journal.

Castle Peak summit- Sierra Nevada

Jen's first backcountry ski experience

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